- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice
- to establish; to institute
- port; harbor
- to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- ship's registry
- 旗 qí: 旗 qi2: flag旗 qí: 旗 qi2: banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county; CL:面[mian4]
- the latter
- to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- follow-up; (dialect) to remarry
- formal; official
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- as for; as to; to go so far as to
- main; principal; major; primary
- to clog up; silted up
- British army
- to combine; to join; unite; alliance
- military operation
- after this; afterwards; hereafter
- Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
- to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- plenipotentiary ambassador
- to complete; to accomplish
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- initial; preliminary; tentative
- to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
- as; as if; such as
- special; particular; unusual; extraordinary
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- unable to; incapable of
- to approve; to ratify
- to present; to give; to hand over; to hand in; to lay before
- to warn; to admonish
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- not to allow; must not; can't
- to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc)
- a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3]
- to see
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)
- to discuss; to deliberate